The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-07-22
OLD SOILS FATAL RAYS.
OlER A HUNDRED cHIcAGoANs FALL
VICTIMS TO THEM.


ing Deadly Work All Over the wcst-Thc
SUMS Rays rs Fatal as a Pestilence-
Probability ofa Continuation of the Heat
Where 1t Comes from.
CHICAGO, July 1s.-Tho temperature. in
this city at o'clock Saturday night was l04,
and the victims of the heat in forty-eight
hours prior TO that time was very great. In
many manufactures Saturday the employees
were compelled to quit work on account OF
the great heat
The hot weather continued Sunday, the
temperature ranging from 9j to 104. Fifty
three cases of death from slinstroke We're re-
ported. During the past three days there
have been more than loo fatalities from the
excessive heat. Sunday night cool breeze
was blowing, and it was hoped the heated
term was ended, but il the indications of the
weather bureau go for anything it is to be
but a temporary relief. 1t may be cooler for
a while, but further spell of hot weather is
coming, and there is probability that unless
vast change occurs in the atmospheric con-
ditions as now observed, the next dose OF heat
will equal, il not quite surpass, anything yet
experienced.
The causes of the heat are simple and un-
Mexico, Colorado. and Arizona has been re-
leased by rain, and it is asserted 10y scientists
that in the event of such release, the heat
settles down on some other quarter, usually
travelling in an easterly direction. This is
said TO be the direct cause OF the heat in the
district of which Chicago is the center. AS
heavy rains arc now falling in the territory
mentioned west Of. the Mississippi it follows
that further cyclone of heat is On its way
here
This city was like on oven Sunday Peo-
pile were afraid to 60 OH the streets, and the
parks themselves wero hardly relief to the
comparatively few who venturcd TO 60 to
them.
At Streator. ILL.,. 1t was 10 at o'clock
p. m, Saturday. 1t is feared water famine
will occur there soon, as tho wells and streams
are running dry, and the waterworks have
almost given out.
A dispatch from Madison, Wis, says the
terrible heat of the past three weeks culmin-
ated Saturday in 9j ia the shade. The
drought there is terrible, but there is prospect
Of rain, and cold wave is coming.
Reports from all over tho states adjacent to
Illinois and other portions of the west and
northwest tell the same story of almost UNI
precedented hot weather
CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 1S.-The mercury
Saturday ranged between So degrees at 3 a.
m and 9G3 at p. m. Eleven cases Of
sunstroke We're reported at the central police
station during the day and evening. Quite
number of persons were overcome by the
heat and some of them are in dangerous
condition. But Sunday was the hottest day
of the season. There were dozen cases OF
sunstrose up 10 o'clock, five of which were
fatal. The thermometer registered l0l at
\. m.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July *. There were ten
fatal cases of sunstroke in this city Sunday
two women and eight men all of whom were
white With the exception of one woman all
had been drinking The maximum tempera.
ture was reached at 2 o'clock u. m, when the
thermometer at the United States signal office
registered 99.2 degrees
NEW York, July 1S--The thermometer
Sunday registered 81 degrees at noon. Then
a vicious squall of wind and rain came out of
the west. and ragged for about an hour The
wind reached velocity of seventy.four
miles an hour and did considerable damage
to buildings. Another severe gale occurred
at 10 o'clock pm. Many crafts in the waters
of the vicinity were upset, but it is not known
that any lives were lost The storm was very
ooNefo Nouey uiiO INDCkuWdy,
damaging some of tho hotel buildings. 1t
caused panics on the boats and many people
were drenched with the rain. The highest
mercury of the day was 92 degrees.
WASHINGTON, d. e., July ls.-The heat
was SO intense in the government depart
ments Saturday that many of tho employees,
especially the ladies, were permitted to leave
nu hour or two earlier than usual In the
pension Office which Is covered largely with
glass, on tue top floor the mercury reached
l2o, and the entire force quit work early in
the day.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 1S Sunday was the
hottest of the month, and every day has becn
hot. No Thermometer registered less than lOl
degrees, and most Of those on the streets down
town marked M high as 100 in tho shade. Ia
the afternoon sixteen inquests were held by
the coroner. Eleven of them are victims of
the lleat, and most Of the latter died Satur-
dry night or Sunday morning. A number Of
Sunday afternoon cases must nlso prove fatal
Saw Jennie Cranpcr Suicide.